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Make your own Instagram magnets

While this gets a little tech heavy on Photoshop, there are still bits in here for the kids, so why not work together to make some great image magnets for the family fridge or even as presents at Christmas time!

What you need:

laser/inkjet/copier labels A4

magnet tape or re-use your old promotional magnets (1 inch wide is best suited to activity)

computer with internet access

printer

access to photoshop

rotary cutter, guillotine or scissors

Activity:

Step 1. Gather your supplies.

Step 2. Open up Westagram in your browser. Here you will need a screen shot image that you would like to magnetise. You could use a computer image, but these will later require resizing.

Step 3. Open Photoshop and create a new A4 sized canvas.

Step 4. With your move tool selected, drag each of the guides out to 1 inch wide (or whatever size image you need).

Step 5. Open all of your screen shot images and select "tile all in grid". This will allow for easy drag and drop of your images onto your A4 canvas.

Step 6. Using your move tool, drag and drop each image onto the A4 canvas. You can just roughly position them at this point.

Step 7. With your A4 canvas active, you should elect to "consolidate all".

Step 8. Begin to transform the images so they fit within your guidelines.

Step 9. Position your images so they "kiss" each other. This is to make your life easier when you are cutting them down. Make sure you have the auto select box checked so you can just move the images around on your canvas without having to negotiate the individual layers.